KATHMANDU: The price of daily essentials in Nepal has increased by 11.3 per cent in the past eight months, said the Nepal Rastra Bank on
KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a show cause notice in the name of the Government to explain the reason behind the re-appointment of the former office-bearers of the
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck south-east Iran, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports. The epicentre of the huge quake was 86km (53 miles) from the city of Khash in
KATHMANDU: The suicide rate among the Bhutanese refugees resettled in the USA has increased at an astonishing rate in the recent months, according to a study. The US-based CDC study
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s top politician and Chairman of UCPN (Maoist) Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, who is in a weeklong China visit, has pledged to take steps for creating an investment-friendly business
DUBLIN: The United Nations Children’s Fund says that more than a quarter of children under age 5 worldwide are permanently “stunted” from malnutrition, leaving them physically and intellectually weak and
SANKHUWASABHA: Property Rs 70 million was gutted when five houses were destroyed in a fire this morning at Khandbari-1 in Sankhuwasabha district. No human casualty has been reported so far
KATHMANDU: The price of gold sharply declined in the local market on Monday due to price freefall in the international market. The yellow precious metal was cheaper by Rs 3,300
Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan electoral officials say voters have narrowly elected Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor as president in a razor-close special election Sunday. Winner Nicolas Maduro campaigned on a promise to carry on Chavez’s self-styled socialist
KATHMANDU: Three persons died and many others were injured in separate road accidents in Dhading and Sarlahi districts . Motorcyclist Krishna Raj Sedhai, 36, of Benighat VDC-1 in Dhading district